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Established in 1971, the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York is part of an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Our center, located in Manhattan’s Chelsea district, offers daily public meditation, a core curriculum of Buddhist and Shambhala teachings, as well as training in advanced contemplative practices. We invite you to explore our diverse programs designed to help New Yorkers of all traditions discover their inherent sanity, gentleness and humor.

 

Featured Programs

(May) Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human

with Joseph Mauricio

May 18th—May 20th

Level I marks the beginning of the Shambhala Training path of weekend city retreats. Through the practice of meditation we begin to see our potential as fearless, genuine, and compassionate human beings. Continue »

(May) Meditation in Everyday Life

with Joseph Mauricio

May 30th—June 27th

Take advantage of our 2-for-1 special. Bring a friend and you each pay half price! Meditation in Everyday Life is a 5-week course presenting ways that meditation practice can improve the quality of our daily life. Continue »

Mindful Leadership: Bringing the Wisdom of Mindfulness Awareness Meditation to the Workplace

with Michael Carroll

June 9th

Michael Carroll is the author of Awake at Work (Shambhala 2004) and The Mindful Leader (Shambhala 2007) and has an active consulting and coaching business with client firms such as Procter & Gamble, Google, AstraZeneca, Starbucks, and others. Continue »

Blog Feed

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    Why I Meditate: “Because It Works!”

    May 13, 2012

    I remember reading somewhere that the first step in getting disentangled is experiencing entanglement. You have to be able to see what’s going on before you can have a workable relationship with it, and this is what I’ve found meditation does for me. I don’t really know how meditation works or why it works – …

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    Three Things I Learned at Dathun

    May 11, 2012

    by Kipp Efinger I learned a whole lot of things at the mostly silent 28 day meditation retreat called dathun, from which I just returned. I learned that Mahakala (the fearsome Tibetan protector deity known for severing the heads of those who pervert the Dharma) loves his daily shrine offering of Cheerios. Sometimes he gets …

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